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Changing optional/mandatory enhancements
Administrators Guide » Performing a Recording » Recording Preparation » Changing optional/mandatory enhancements
Introduction When Testimony is first installed, it comes with a set of recording enhancements which must be activated before starting a recording. While many of these are delivered as mandatory enhancements, some are delivered as optional enhancements because they…
Activate Playback Enhancements
Administrators Guide » Performing a Playback » Preparing Playback » Activate Playback Enhancements
Overview Before you start a playback the Testimony playback enhancements must be activated to ensure that Testimony can execute the playback correctly. Process Steps Navigate to the Execution queue and then select the Enhancement Setup option. Next click on the…
Recording Preparation
Administrators Guide » Performing a Recording » Recording Preparation
Overview When you are ready to run a test phase leveraging the recording / learning capability in Testimony, you need to first prepare the source systems. Process Steps Select Test Plan to use Generate Inbound RFC Capture – Prepares for inbound RFC calls to…
Start Recording
Administrators Guide » Performing a Recording » Start Recording
Overview There are two types of recordings you can perform with Testimony. The most common and the one that will be shown below is a Standard Recording. A Standard Recording will record all activity in the Source system until the recording is stopped. The second…
System Refresh Steps
Administrators Guide » Performing a Playback » Preparing Playback » System Refresh Steps
Below are the steps that should be completed when refreshing the target system from the source system to prepare it for playback. Care should be taken to review these steps against the steps already documented for refreshing systems in the current landscape. Each…
Enhancement Setup
Product Screens / Functions » Recording Functions » Enhancement Setup
Purpose The enhancement point section allows users to see all objects, in a particular system, that have been instrumented. Please select a source system first and then navigate through all objects in that system which have been instrumented. Audience / Users All…
Stop Recording
Administrators Guide » Performing a Recording » Stop Recording
The Recording will either stop automatically when the scheduled duration you defined in the Recording Preparation is reached, or you can stop manually. Once you have executed the recording for the time period you planned, stop the recording as follows. Navigate to…
Enhancement Setup
Product Screens / Functions » Execution Functions » Enhancement Setup
Purpose Before a playback can take place, you must first setup the target systems to be played back into. All enhancements must be activated in the target systems first prior to any playback taking place. Audience / Users All Testimony Users Example Screen-Shot …
Preparing Playback
Administrators Guide » Performing a Playback » Preparing Playback
Overview After the Execution Queue is built you are ready to run a a playback in Testimony, you need to first prepare and check the Target and Central systems. The following process steps set out the steps you need for a successful playback. If you are going to be…
Manually Aborting a Recording
Administrators Guide » Performing a Recording » Aborting a Recording » Manually Aborting a Recording
A recording can be aborted manually in two ways as below: 1. Manually via Testimony on the central system using the stop button in the Shared Memory Explorer. The popup as below appears with options before you execute the abort of the recording. 2. Manually…
Supported Objects and Check Types
Administrators Guide » Performing a Playback » Preparing Playback » Predictive Difference Analyzer » Supported Objects and Check Types
Object Types Inbound RFCs Dialog Background/Batch Jobs Check Types Inbound RFC: Existence Header existence RFC enabled flag Signature existence Syntax check of FUGR of the FM Parameter checks: Parameter existence Paramater classification (exporting importing…
Remediation of Test Scripts
Administrators Guide » Performing a Playback » Preparing Playback » Predictive Difference Analyzer » Results Phase » Remediation of Test Scripts
Overview Testimony currently only supports adding of replacing fields to containers (with default values) for Dialog Transactions, and Inbound RFC. to help repair scripts that may not operate correctly due to changes in the target system. Example 1 New mandatory…
Glossary
Glossary
Bot The bot is an executable program that resides on a windows machine (normally a virtual machine). During playback the bot machines log on as the recorded users and execute the recorded transactions. The requirements for bot setup can be found here. Central…
Authorisation Details & User Mappings
Administrators Guide » Security » Authorisation Details & User Mappings
Note that non-admin users will still require access to the transaction /N/BTI/AUT with specific access to activities then maintained in Testimony, users investiagting defects in playback systems will require the correct authorisations to investigate the issues…
Execute Check Steps
Administrators Guide » Performing a Playback » Preparing Playback » Execute Check Steps
Overview Similar to the recording, the playback has a set of check steps that can be run against it in order to validate that the system and test plan are ready for playback. Run all check steps and evaluate the results to determine readiness for playback. Process…
Prioritization
Administrators Guide » Analyzing Coverage » Prioritization
Introduction The next step is to prioritise the transactions, batch jobs, etc. that have been retrieved from the source system. Testimony prioritises the usage data as follows: First of all, it prioritises by frequency of execution in the source system. The most…
Authorisations
Administrators Guide » Security » Authorisations
Testimony comes with three internal roles: /BTI/AUT_ADMIN: The test plan administrator /BTI/AUT_TEST_MANAGER: The test manager /BTI/AUT_TESTER: A tester role Each test plan must have at least one administrator and by default the user who creates a test plan is…
Technical Overview
Product Overview » Technical Overview
The following steps provide an overview at a more technical level of how the Testimony product operates. Installation Process Testimony is installed as a third-party add-on solution to a central ABAP system (typically your SAP Solution Manager system). Transports…
Display Plan
Product Screens / Functions » Overview Functions » Display Plan
Purpose This screen provides details of the current Test Plan. The information is presented on different tabs to show the header information, the source and target systems and their mapping, plus the users involved in this particular plan. Audience / Users All…
Change Plan
Product Screens / Functions » Overview Functions » Change Plan
Purpose This screen enables all facets of the current Test Plan to be changed. Changes can be made on the respective tab for the header information, the source and target systems and their mapping, the test phases/cycles plus users involved in this particular…
System Setup
Administrators Guide » Test Plan and System Connections » System Setup
Select Test Plan to change Use the drop down menu to select your newly created Test Plan and click the Tick. Now you can click Change Plan Systems In the main window, you will see the Test Plan header information. Select the Systems tab and click the Create…